Nota verbo da repetición de palabras en galego

Based on the examination of about a hundred examples of word repetition in Galician expressions, seven main functions of such repetitions were discerned in the corpus: first, repetition is used to answer in the affirmative or negative as in Latin; secondly, to indicate that a word is being used in a narrow sense rather than figuratively; thirdly to retort, with or without irony; fourthly, as a means of intensifying or emphasizing; fifthly, to express verbal aspect (durative action); sixthly, to express verbal aspect (repeated action).Lastly, a use of repetition as a mark of a youthful age group was detected. Repetition is used to step up the pace of discourse. Repetition occurs mainly in oral and informal texts, but is not exclusive to that level and register as it also constitutes a basic part of certain poetical usages.A reflexión sobre un cento de exemplos de repetición de palabras na frase en lingua galega permite ver sete intencións diferentes. Primeiro responder afirmativa ou negativamente, coma en latín; segundo, matiza-lo uso das palabras no seu sentido estrito e non figurado; terceiro, retrucar con ou sen ironía; cuarto, superlativizar, intensificar e enfatizar; quinto, expresa-lo aspecto verbal (acción durativa); ou repetida); sexto, expresar acción repetida; sétimo, detéctase unha repetición como marca xuvenil. Tamén se repite para conseguir ritmo. Aínda que a repetición predomina no uso oral e informal da lingua,non é exclusiva deste nivel e rexistro, posto que está na base de certos usos poético